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Originally Posted by bmw06m6
I don't like Wikipedia (because it is grossly just plain wrong most the time) but what the hey....
Newton's Law of Motion 101, something a private christian school teaches to first graders. My niece who is 7 understand this stuff. No offence.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newton's_laws_of_motion
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Thank you for bring that up. . .
According to Newton's 3rd Law, the Earth itself experiences an equal and opposite force to that acting on the falling object, meaning that the Earth also accelerates towards the object.